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corling

I have an SBLive! Platinum with front panel etc . . .

I am trying to do something that seems like it should be very simple to me.

I'm trying to record something with a microphone and add effects to the sound as it is recording in real-time.

Right now, I simply have my FXBus1 and FXBus2 going straight to my R and L Headphone outputs. (My speakers). Whenever I record something with the microphone, I can always add effects and adjust it *as it is playing back* along that path.

In other words, once the signal to be processed is already on my hard drive, I can do whatever I want with it between my hard drive and my speakers.

Unfortunately, this is useless for the sound editing work I do. I need to be able to add effects (compressors, EQs, etc . . . ) AS the signal is being recorded to my hard drive -- so that these effects end up in the actual recording that is made. (Not just added by the DSP on top of that recording after it gets made).

Afterall, why would I record a loud, off-pitch, unbalanced file to my hard drive, and then compress, pitch-shift, and equalize it with my sound card, if there's no way to save the result? It may sound great during playback but that's it.

I need to find a way to intercept my microphone signal and add effects to it before it is recorded to my hard drive. I'm coming in my Front Panel Microphone input. Does anybody know how to do this? (Or does anybody have screenshots of their recording setup that they can show me?)

Thanks in advance.

Duke_srg

You must place necessary effects between prolog (AC97 terminals or Line2/Mic2 terminals, if you use line2/mic2 in front panel module) and epilog (Rec terminals or ASIO, if you want to record via ASIO interface; and analog L/R terminals, for monitoring).
But I think it's better to store raw signals and process them with software plugins in realtime or offline as needed.

corling

So do I need to have the lines unmuted in the mixer in order to monitor/alter them as they come from the prolog?

I am confused because if I delete everything but the FXBus and Epilog, then just connect FXBus 1 and 2 to my speakers, I can still record and play sounds back. Shouldn't deleting prolog break the signal path?

It's like my signal doesn't have to come from the prolog at all. It's hidden some place that I can't access.

Eugene Gavrilov

the code responsible for recording hardware inputs is found both in prolog and in epilog
if you wish it to be processed simply build any sequence of effects you like and connect its output to the speakers / headphones AND RecL/RecR (epilog)

now don't forget to MUTE all the inputs via kX Mixer's recording page

and voila -- you will get 'What You Hear' configuration

/Eugene